by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 6, 2019 | 21stCenturySpirituality, From Our Archives
The sight of my marked forehead on Ash Wednesday brings the inevitable question: “What are you giving up for Lent?” I have a stock answer: Lobster Newburg and healthy thoughts. Truth is, I genuinely struggle each year, knowing that whatever I choose to give up will be...
by Kay Ahmed | Mar 31, 2017 | 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, Bearings Review 2017
A few weeks ago I gave a talk at a local chapter of Sunday Assembly, a gathering started by British comedians Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones that was briefly known as “the atheist church” and that, ironically, draws on the “seeker sensitive” church planting methods...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 17, 2017 | ChurchChange, DigitalMinistry
This is the way we’ve always done things. Now, there’s a phrase that brings about a sense of impending doom in my heart, especially when it comes to the practices of communities of faith. In part, our love of familiar practices comes from finding comfort in the...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 10, 2017 | 21stCenturyMinistry
My favorite definition of “minister” comes from the verb, not the noun. Emphasis is placed on the action, not the subject: “To minister” means to assist where help is needed. This is completely different from the notion that I was raised with as a child in a Roman...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 2, 2017 | 21stCenturyCulture, Bearings Review 2017, ChurchChange
Three weeks ago, Senate Republicans silenced Senator Elizabeth Warren for criticizing attorney general nominee Senator Jeff Sessions. Warren had attempted to read civil rights activist Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter against Sessions’ nomination for a federal...
